Glushakov's contract with Pari NN, Dziuba's arrival at Loko and Real's interest in Renan: how RPL clubs spend their winter break

An experienced rookie for Nizhny Novgorod

Following Artyom Dziuba, another experienced Russian footballer found a new club.

Denis Glushakov has been on trial at Pari NN since the end of January and in two weeks he convinced the coaching staff of Artyom Gorlov of his usefulness to the team.

With a 36-year-old midfielder, they signed a contract until the end of the season with the possibility of an extension for another year.

According to media reports, his monthly salary will be 1 million rubles.

At the same time, there is no doubt about the professional suitability of the midfielder.

He spent the last 2.5 years in Khimki, where he was one of the team leaders.

For example, this season he has played 19 matches in all competitions, 18 of which are in the base and seven with the captain's armband.

And the player probably had to leave the Moscow region only because of the conflict with Spartak Gogniev.

In the new club, Glushakov is able to impose competition in the center of both young Yaroslav Mikhailov and Mamad Maiga.

And the presence of such an experienced master should have a positive impact on numerous young players.

Over 30 years old, there are only two performers - Artur Nigmatullin (31) and Dmitry Stotsky (33).

Even Gorlov, who replaced Mikhail Galaktionov on the coaching bridge, is a year younger than the newcomer.

They presented Denis with a funny video from the bath, mindful of his conflict with his ex-wife.

According to the story, he enters the room where his new partners are sitting and offers to “give the park a boost”.

In response, they greet the midfielder and urge him to "soar and win."

But another former Khimki footballer, on the contrary, left the team from Nizhny Novgorod.

For six months at Paris NN, right-back Elmir Nabiullin played a total of 13 matches.

In turn, the Moscow Region team has radically updated its line-up.

For various reasons, eight Russians left the club in winter, many of whom were in leading positions, as well as the Belarusian defender Zakhar Volkov.

They were replaced by a number of legionnaires.

Only on February 10, contracts were signed until the end of June 2024 with two foreigners at once.

The arrival of Petar Golubovich attracted more attention, because in 2013 he won the European Youth Championship together with the Serbian national team.

Let the right-back fail to grow into a star after this success, he played a lot in Italy and Belgium.

In particular, he has 72 matches in Serie B. And he spent 2022 in the strongest Norwegian division, where he defended the colors of Alesund.

Almost the entire career of the 27-year-old Marcos Guilherme was spent in Brazil, with the exception of a short and not very successful voyage to Dinamo Zagreb.

But he played almost 200 matches in the local Serie A and scored 19 goals.

Moreover, the left winger defended the colors of strong teams (Atletico Paranaense, Sao Paulo, Internacional, Santos), although he did not win a single trophy.

He was also regularly called up to the youth team of the country.

Accurate work of Lokomotiv

Meanwhile, Dzyuba, the day after signing the agreement with Lokomotiv, came to the training camp of Muscovites in Dubai and admitted that he was looking forward to the start of training.

“Now is not the time for words, but the time for action.

Therefore, we will try in every possible way to help and prove to everyone who does not believe that Dziuba is still “the one” and “Lokomotiv” has not said his last word.

Good luck to everyone, root for Lokomotiv, ”the press service of the club quotes the striker.

Upon arrival at the location of the red-greens, he managed to chat in a playful manner with captain Dmitry Barinov.

The striker said that "without him nowhere" and that "a new sheriff has appeared in the city."

And the midfielder, which is no less important, apparently, will still remain in Russia.

According to RB Sport, Besiktas does not intend to increase its latest offer for a player in the amount of €5 million. Muscovites are not ready to let him go for this money.

Galaktionov will be able to count on Wilson Isidore in the spring.

The Frenchman was close to being loaned to Lyon, but the deal fell through due to a knee injury to the player.

However, it is reported that we are not talking about serious damage, and conservative treatment is enough for the player to return to the field in late February - early March.

But another foreign forward left the team.

However, it is unlikely that this greatly upset the fans, because Marko Rakognac did not score a single goal in the first part of the season.

He went on loan to Red Star until the end of June.

Moreover, the agent of the Montenegrin Igor Glushevich assured that the Belgrades have the right to buy.

If they use it, Loko can earn €5 million, taking into account a percentage of the subsequent sale.

At the same time, they bought it for half the amount.

There were also rumors about striker Ivan Ignatiev leaving for Hapoel Beer Sheva, but, according to his agent Alan Aguzarov, the Muscovites did not negotiate with the Israelis.

The failed return of Pavlyuchenko

But the return of another star Russian striker is in question.

In early February, Roman Pavlyuchenko announced that he would sign a short-term contract with Ufa and take part in the quarterfinal matches of the Russian Cup.

This was explained by the desire to mark the 200th goal in a club career.

However, then the bronze medalist of Euro 2008 changed his mind.

He called this story spontaneous and explained that he would not have time to gain an acceptable form.

“We talked with Shamil Gazizov on a contract, we even agreed on good terms.

But for a number of reasons, we decided to let go of this situation ... We don’t have enough time for me to prepare and help the team, ”Sport24 quotes the football player.

However, the general director of the club is in no hurry to put an end to it.

He stated that the parties had taken a break in the negotiations for the time being, and promised to make a final decision in the near future.

Unexpected interest in Zenit

Before the fans of Zenit had time to exhale after Malcom's failed transfer to PSG, information appeared in the media about the interest of another European giant in Robert Renan.

The central defender moved to Russia quite recently as part of the transfer of Yuri Alberto to Corinthians and has not even arrived at the location of St. Petersburg yet.

At the moment, the 19-year-old legionnaire, along with the Brazilian youth team, is fighting for the America's Cup.

The Yellow-Blues won six wins and two draws in eight meetings and are second only to Uruguay in the table of the final stage.

Renan himself is one of the leaders of the team.

He played seven matches from the first to the last minute, and only in the game with Paraguay came on as a substitute.

A successful performance at the tournament allegedly aroused interest in him from Real Madrid.

If you believe the local media, Madrid have been following the football player since last season, and now they are ready to offer €40 million for him. This information was denied in the domestic team.

The general director of the club, Alexander Medvedev, called it a rumor "sucked from the finger."

Agreed with him and the agent of the athlete Luis Fernando Garcia, although he stressed that his client is able to play at this level.

In addition, he assured that his other wards, Malcolm and Claudinho, would remain in Russia until the summer.

“Now there can be no talk of leaving.

And then we will see, ”Sport24 quotes Garcia.

In the meantime, Zenit has focused on renewing contracts with the Russian backbone of the team.

It is reported that defender Vyacheslav Karavaev is close to signing a new three-year agreement.

But negotiations with Daler Kuzyaev are again not easy.

According to the source of the "Championship", the club offered him good conditions, but the midfielder still wants to try his hand at the top 5 European championships.

However, he has already received proposals from Turkey and Greece.

Court lost by Krasnodar

Meanwhile, Krasnodar, which lost almost all legionnaires last spring, continues to suffer financial losses from their departure.

One of the first to leave Russia was Eric Botheim, who was purchased from Bodø-Glimt for €7.5 million just a couple of months before. In May, he unilaterally terminated the contract and joined Salernitana as a free agent.

In response, the southerners appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

As a result, the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber took the side of the football player.

The club was ordered to pay him € 500 thousand. In case of failure to comply with the order, Krasnodar will be banned from buying new players for three transfer windows.

According to RB Sport, the snag lay not even in the termination of the agreement, but in the non-payment of a lift in the amount of € 1 million to the Norwegian, although he did not play a match for the Russian team.

Moreover, the side of the midfielder demanded the full payment of the salary due until the end of the contract, and the southerners asked to be disqualified.

As a result, they will have to compensate half of the specified amount.

Due to the current political situation, domestic teams also face other difficulties.

Some European teams refuse to play friendly matches with them despite previous agreements.

For example, the Bulgarian "Levski" in January did not play with "Ural", "Spartak" and "Krasnodar".

Orenburg also suffered from this trend.

On February 7, the wards of Marcel Lichka had to measure their strength at the training camp in Turkish Belek with the Romanian Unirea Dej.

However, the opponent a few days before the game announced that he would not enter the field.

According to sports director Dmitry Andreev, the club is now studying the possibility of obtaining compensation prescribed in the documents for disrupting the confrontation.

But the devastating earthquake that occurred in the south-east of Turkey will not affect the work of Russian teams in any way.

Rubin, Ufa, Orenburg, Fakel, Spartak and others have reported that they do not plan to abandon training in the country.

“We are in touch with the organizers.

Tragedy, disaster.

This happens, unfortunately.

But, as far as I understand, this happened in another part of Turkey, not where the teams usually hold training camps, ”Sport-Express quotes the head of the press service of Spartak Dmitry Zelenov.